Electricity generation in sub-Saharan Africa is for the most part acutely unreliable. Despite being endowed with fossil and renewable energy resources vast enough to cover all of its energy needs, the rate of electrification is lower than in any other region in the world. Having visited a few countries in eastern and southern Africa myself, […]
President Obama’s climate change speech last Tuesday at Georgetown University was a solid affirmation that the U.S. will be taking action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, help the country adapt to climate change, and make the U.S. a leader in international efforts to avert severe global warming. The President’s 21-page Climate Action Plan that went […]